The Pendulum
Thursday, February 20, 1986
Volume XII, No. 18
^ord to speak here Tuesdayl
Former President Gerald Ford
;ill speak here Tuesday on “The
'uture of the Republican Party
nd Campaign Spending.”
The speech will be in Alumni
lytn at 8:30 p.m. Ford will be
itroduced by Gov. James Mar
in.
The former president’s visit to
le Elon campus is sponsored by
wo student groups, the Liberal
irts Forum and the Student
jovemment Association. In the
iftemocn, prior to his public ad-
Iress, he will meet faculty and
tudents at a private reception.
Ford has spoken here once
before. In April 1966, one year
after his election as House
Minority Leader, he delivered an
Elon College Founder’s Day
address.
A native of Omaha, Nebr.,
Ford earned degrees from the
University of Michigan and Yale
University. He practiced law in
Grand Rapids, Mich., until he
was first elected to the U.S.
House of Representatives in
1949. He served in the Congress
until 1973, holding the post of
House Minority Leader from
1965-73. In 1973, he was ap
pointed to the vice presidency to
replace Spiro Agnew. Following
Richard Nixon’s resignation in
August 1974, Ford became the
38th president of the United
States. He was defeated by
Democrat Jimmy Carter in the
1976 campaign.
In retirement. Ford has served
on the board of directors of
several major corporations and
has made considerable money as
a speaker.
The public is invited to attend
the speech free of charge.
Speakers address problems
onfronting South Africa
Cent-Brown:
iouth African view
By Frank Isley
News Editor
“I think there are a lot of misconceptions in the
U.S. about South Africa,” said Duke Kent-Brown,
: vice consul for press and information. South African
jConsulate General, New York.
Speaking in Whitley Auditorium Monday during
part of the three day South Africa Symposium,
Kent-Brown said nevertheless there were many
historical similarities between the United States and
South Africa.
“We were both origionally settled by the Dutch,
our people both opened up frontiers, we were both
founding members of the United Nations and we
both subscribe to Democratic ideals,” he said.
However, he said South Africa can’t achieve
those ideals in the same way and the problem is one
of race.
“White South Africa has been part of Africa for
330 years,” Kent-Brown said. “We believe in
justice and fair play,-but the only way to achieve
it is to sit and talk.”
However, Kent-Brown said one of the problems
with doing that is that the blacks are not unified.
“There are 10 major black nations,” he said.
“Each has its own culture and tribal structure and
See Kent-Brown, page 11
Jacobsen: United
States position
By Jane Kidwell
Editor
”In South Africa they have inequality under law,
and that’s very different from America where we
have equality under law,” said William Jacobsen,
a member of the U.S. State Department’s Working
Group on South Africa, on Monday afternoon in
Whitley Auditorium. The 4 p.m. lecmre was part
of the South Africa Symposium which took place
at Elon the first part of this week.
Jacobsen went on to say that South Africa is the
only place where racism is practiced in this way,
and that Americans cannot remain neutral about it.
What can we do?
Jacobsen discussed some options. He said to
many Americans want to know why we have 3Q0
firms in South Africa. They want us to wash our
hands of the problem and turn our backs on South
Africa,” said Jacobsen. He added that he is sure
Reagan will not do that.
Having lived in South Africa for seven and a hdf
vears Jacobsen said, “We’re not talking about a
Lnana republic. It (South Africa) is very
d^eloped.’’ He said that U.S. investment is less
ian 2 percent of the total investment there.
nfs^nvestment would not be very effective, he said.
Disinvestme ^ Jacobsen, page 11.
Resignation
Morningstar steps down
as basketball coach p-
i JT'
Photo by Stuart White
NO SNOW MEN: With temperatures unseasonably warm this week,
many Elon students couldn’t resist the urge to break out their shorts
and short sleeve shirts. Steve Hess, a junior from Gallon, Ohio (left),
and Kip Rackley, a junior from Montclair, N.J., were not exeptions
Blizzard fails to happen
By Betsy Dranttel
Special to the Pendulum
Excitement evident, the news buzzed around the campus. Two in
ches, three, six,...eight inches of snow! Rumors became exaggerated
as they were passed hurriedly from one student to another. Friday
classes seemed skeptical and every student looked forward to a lazy
day frollicking in the snow as teachers would be unable to plow their
way through highways mounded with snow.
But Friday morning wasn’t the winter wonderland everyone ex
pected and the dreaded classes were equipped withe “on-time” pro
fessors. The day dragged, and hopes of snow dwinddled.
Finally it began, first a few flurries then a collection, stopping and
starting, merely wetting the ground, until, in the evening hours, it
finally began in earnest. Plans to travel to Greensboro for evening
fun were cancelled and rearranged as students settled for local par
ties. Valentines Day was celebrated by ordered pizza deliveries in
stead of traditional candlelight dinners as couples cuddled inside wat
ching the snow accumulate.
But sunlight brought rapid melting and those who had decided to
wait until morning to venture out missed their snowy opportunity.
The snow dissappeared as fast as it developed and fantasies of a
snowed-in weekend disappeared with it. By Sunday it was sunny and
warm^ —
New sport
Women’s soccer
debuts this \d\\
p. 10